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In the dystopic near future, a crusading TV reporter investigates news stories with the help of a wisecracking computer version of himself. full summary | add synopsis
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A realistic look at a bleak future not far from now
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Matt Frewer | ... | Edison Carter / Max Headroom |
| Nickolas Grace | ... | Grossman |
| Hilary Tindall | ... | Dominique |
 | William Morgan Sheppard | ... | Blank Reg (as Morgan Sheppard) |
 | Amanda Pays | ... | Theora Jones |
| Paul Spurrier | ... | Bryce Lynch |
| Hilton McRae | ... | Breugal |
 | George Rossi | ... | Mahler |
| Roger Sloman | ... | Murray |
| Anthony Dutton | ... | Gorrister |
 | Constantine Gregory | ... | Ben Cheviot |
| Lloyd McGuire | ... | Edwards |
| Elizabeth Richardson | ... | Ms. Formby |
| Gary Hope | ... | Ashwell |
| Joane Hall | ... | Body bank receptionist |
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Max Headroom: 20 Minutes Into the Future (UK) (alternative title)
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The film is set "20 minutes into the future".
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Reporter Edison Carter discovers that an advertising medium developed by the TV network he works for is killing viewers. The network attempts to 'dispose' of him and replace him with a computer generated version. And so the story goes...
This is a really good film, taking the bleak vision of Blade-Runner and injecting a little 20th century realism. Set in a world where TV networks rule and the population is made up of couch potatoes who rarely venture into the desolation outside their doors, Max Headroom is frighteningly plausible and potentially very downbeat.
However, the story has enough lighter moments to balance the overall darkness of the film and together with a likeable and talented cast, this is a thoroughly enjoyable film that - like its content - was maybe a bit too ahead of its time. 10/10.